Neck-yoke attachment for wagon poles or tongues.



H. D. HILTON.

NECK YOKE ATTACHMENT FORWAGON POLES 0R TONGUES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, I916.

Patented July 17, 1917.

r IlllilllllllIInJ IX HARRY D. HILTON, OE HARROLD, SOUTI-I DAKOTA.

:uEcK-YoKn ATTACHMENT ron WAGON roLns on roiveuns.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1917.

Application filed. April 19, 1916. Serial No. 92,148.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY D. HIL'ron, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harrold, in the county of Hughes, State of South Dakota, have invented a new and useful Neck-Yoke Attachment for \Vagon Poles or Tongues; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved neck yoke attachment for Wagon poles or tongues, and one of the objects of the invention is to provide means for detachably connecting the ring of the neck yoke to the end of the tongue.

Another object is the provision of a device of this kind having improved detail features of construction.

One of the features of construction is the provision of a pivoted latch having an angled end to enter the pocket or recess in the under portion of the pole, to permit the connection of the neck yoke attaching ring, said latch adapted to fall into locked position through the medium of gravitation,

there being a lug to engage a .face plate to hold the latch in said locked position.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of means for limiting the latch in its gravitation.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations, falling Within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a portion of a wagon pole or tongue showing the improved attachment applied thereto and constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view.

Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates a part of a wagon pole or tongue, to the upper face of which a face plate 2 is secured by means of the riveted bolts 3. The face plate extends about the end terminal of the pole or tongue, as shown at 4, and has its end portion 5 secured to the under face of the pole by the riveted bolts 3, the upper riveted ends of which also secure the face plate 2 to the pole. Secured by: means of the lower riveted ends of the bolts 3 to the under face of the pole is a plate 6, which, between two of the bolts 3, is provided with a downwardly extending angular part 7, to prevent backward displacement of the attaching ring 8 of the neck yoke (not shown). It is to be noted that the forward end of the plate 6 is spaced at an interval from the rear extremity 9 of the part 5 of the face plate 2, and between these spaced ends the pole or tongue is provided with a curved pocket 10. Projecting downwardly from the part 5 of the face plate 2 is a lug 11, to which is pivoted by means of the pin 12, arm 13 of the latch plate 1 1. The rear part of the latch plate 141 terminates in a tongue 15, which extends upwardly, but is disposed at an acute angle to the body of the plate, and is designed to enter the pocket or recess 10 when the plate is moved upwardly on its pivot, to permit the ring 8 to pass over the end of the pole or tongue. Near the end of the tongue 15 upon one face thereof is a lug 16, which, when the latch plate moves downwardly upon its pivot by virtue of gravitation, engages the under part of the end 9 of the part 5 of the face plate 2, thereby preventing the latch from jarring up and down incident to the vibration of the pole. The forward extremity 17 of the latch plate 141- contacts with the under face of the part 5 and limits the rear end of the latch plate 1 1 in its downward gravitating movement, just sufliciently to permit the lug 16 to engage the extremity 9, thereby preventing vibration of the latch plate. To connect the neck yoke ring 8 to the pole, it is slipped telescopically over the end of the pole, camming against the inclined part of the latch plate, causing the inclined part tobow slightly but sufliciently to cause the lug 16 to disengage the end 9, and allow the tongue 15 to enter the pocket 10, after which the latch plate will gravitate downwardly to the position shown in Fig. 1, thereby holding the ring 8 between the tongue 15 of the latch and the angular part 7.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is:

In a device as set forth, a wagon pole having'a pocket in its under portion and provided with a face plate on its under surface extending forwardly from the pocket,

I an abutment on the underface of the pole spaced from the abutment and adapted to' enter'said pocket, theforward endof latch beyond its pivot acting to abut the face plate tolimit the'downward movement of the latch, said. tongue on its forward face having a lug to engage the rear end of the faceplate at the same time the forward end of the latch engages said face plate, when the latch drops or oscillates downwardly,

whereby a ring may be held between the 15 HARRY D. HILTON.

Witnesses:

E. C. GRo'rHE, H. O. BARD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). 0." 

